I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Example is better than following it.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.